

1.4 miles of beach that can be reserved for a variety of outdoor events.Prior to the announcement of the new convention center, Barceló Maya Grand Resort was already a popular hotspot for meetings and events. Existing Meeting and Event Spaces at Barceló Maya Grand Resort Though not attached to the convention center, they are just a short walk or shuttle ride away-the resort has two double-decker shuttles operating around the resort during daytime hours. Müller noted that attendees can stay at any of the other five hotels on the property. It is ideal for convention goers being directly connected to Barceló Maya Arena.īarceló Maya Riviera Hotel and Barceló Maya Arena Exterior Rendering, Credit: Barceló Maya Grand Resort

The hotel is already taking bookings and will officially open in December 2019. 110 swim-up suites on the first floor-similar to the one I stayed in at Barceló Maya Caribe.850 total guest rooms, over half with sweeping views of the Caribbean Sea.The sixth hotel, to be named Barceló Maya Riviera, is the only hotel at the resort that will be for adults only and will be directly connected to the new convention center.īarceló Maya Riviera Hotel Exterior Rendering, Credit: Barceló Maya Grand Resort The Sixth Hotel Onsite: Barceló Maya Rivieraīarceló Maya Grand Resort currently has five hotels on its property: and Mexico are the two biggest sources of the resort’s meeting and event business and he expects the new convention center-primed to be the biggest in Riviera Maya when it opens in spring 2020-to drum up even more interest from those locations. “The largest group we have heard from so far is an IT company based in the Middle East with 8,000 attendees from all over the world,” Müller said, noting that Riviera Maya is easy to get to from multiple locations like Latin America, Canada, the U.S. Müller said it has created some buzz already, with advance requests for event bookings at the new convention center in 2020 and beyond. The new convention center, the Barceló Maya Arena, will be two stories and 190,000 square feet with capacity for up to 8,000 people. But when we looked back at the last two years and saw the revenue we lost because of the large groups we couldn’t accommodate, we decided to build the convention center.”

“The idea of an adults-only hotel was always in our plans. “In the past few years, we got a lot of RFPs and we saw the interest,” said Thomas Müller, assistant sales director for the resort.

Barceló Maya Grand Resort’s New Convention Centerīarceló Maya Grand Resort already has one modestly sized convention center. On a recent trip at Barceló Maya Grand Resort, I got the scoop on the new builds and learned more about the all-inclusive resort’s offerings for meetings and event planners. These additions bring the total room count to 3,600 and doubles its meeting and event space. Barceló Maya Grand Resort recently announced construction of an 8,000-capacity convention center and adults-only hotel. Now, there’s more reason than ever to consider bringing your meeting to Mexico. Barceló Maya Grand Resort is already a meetings-friendly complex, with five hotels and one onsite convention center.
